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lomentella, ovala, basi obtusa vel emarginata, apice acuta, 12 — 20 cm longa, 

 8 — 15 cm lata, nervi primarii laterales 4 — 5 utrinque adscendentes, 2 basales pro- 

 pinqui, omnes cum secundariis nervulisque arcte reticulatis subtus prominentes. In- 

 florescentiae q? amplae 12 — 30 cm longae, minute tomentellae, rami primarii patuli 

 longe nudi superne corymboso-ramulosi, pedicelli 3 — 6 mm longi; bracteolae saepe 2 

 calyci proximae; sepala 6 luteo-viridia, albo-cinerea, subovata, exteriora 1,5 mm longa, 

 0,5 mm lata, interiora late ovata vel rhombeo-rotundata concava, extus tomentella, 

 intus praeter partes marginales glabra, 2 — 2,5 mm longa, 2 mm lata; petala G varia 

 plerumque obovata basin versus longe angustata margine nonnunquam lobata, ruguloso- 

 maculata, extus dorso nonnunquam pilosula, 1,5 — 2 mm longa, 0,8 — 1,2 mm lata; 

 stamina basi paulum connata, 1,5 — 2 mm longa, filamenta sursum incrassata non- 

 nunquam pilosula, antherarum thecae laterales subimmersae, rima longitudinali de- 

 hiscentes. — [Flores Q et drupae adhuc ignota]. 



Hylaea: Amazonas: Rio loa: St. Antonio do Ica, q? blüh, im Septemb. (Ducke 

 in Herb. amaz. Mus. Para. n. 7057!). Jurua Mirj, Lagoa de Esperanza, (J 1 blüh, im 

 August (Ule n. 5631 — Original der Art!). — [Wahrscheinlich auch Rio Purus, 

 von dort in Kultur im Botan. Garten zu Para, steril (comm. Huber!)]. 



2. Ch. tomentosum Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. (179 i) 132, Syst. 261; non 

 Benth. nee Eichl. ; Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. sei*. XIX. (1867) 191, in Contrib. Bot. 

 IN. (1871) 311. — Ch. cretosum Miers in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 312. — Epi- 

 baterium? tomentosum Pers. Syn. PI. II. (I 807) 561. — Cocculus Chondodendron DG. 

 Syst. I. (18 18) 52 2, Prodr. I. (1824) 98. — Botryopsis platyphylla Benth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. V. 2. Suppl. (1861) 51. — B. Spruceana Eichl. in Flora XLVII. (1864) 

 394, in Fl. brasil. XIII. 1. (1864) 200 tab. 48, flg. II. — Rami velutini. Foliorum 

 petiolus basi breviter, sub lamina longius tumido-incrassatus, velutinus, 8 — 12 cm longus; 

 lamina demum subcoriacea, supra parce pubescens subtus lomento velutino alba, e basi 

 leviter cordata subtriangulato-ovata vel -suborbicularis, margine suberenata, apice obtusa 

 plus minusve emarginata, ca. 10 — 15 cm longa, 10 — 15 cm lata, nervi laterales 

 primarii praeter basales 5-palmatos 3 — 4 utrinque adscendentes subtus vix prominentes. 

 Paniculae q? axillares, patentes, 10 — 25 cm longae, rhachides tomentellae, ramuli singuli 

 vel pauci fasciculati, 1 — 2-flori; flores (sicci) aurantiaci; sepala 9 exteriora dense piloso- 

 tomentella 0,8 — 1,2 mm longa, 6 interiora 3,5 mm longa, 2,5 mm lata; petala mi- 

 nuta, 0,4 mm longa; stamina 1,5 mm lon^a. — [Flores Q adhuc ignoti.] — Fruc- 

 tuum pedicellus apice incrassatus. Drupae slipite 3 — 4 mm longo praeditae, ellipsoideae, 

 1 2 mm longae, 8 — 9 mm latae. 



Hylaea: Peru: Chaca-huassi, tf blüh, im Oktober (Ruiz et Pavon — Ori- 

 ginal der Art!); Tarapoto (Spruce n. 4474 — ■ Original des Chondrodendron creto- 

 sum Miers!). 



3. Ch. platyphyllum (St. Hil.) Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. (1867) 

 313 n. n., in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 313 ampl. — Ch. obscurum Miers in Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. (1867) 192 n. n., in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 315. — Ch. cine- 

 rascens (St. Hil.) Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. (1867) 192 n. n., in Contrib. Bot. 

 III. (1871) 316. — Ch. aemulum Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. (l 867) 192 n. n., 

 in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 317. — Ch. ovatum Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. 

 (1867) 192 n. n. , in Contrib. Bot. III. (187 1) 318. — Ch. nemophilum Miers in Ann. 

 Nat. 3. ser. XIX. (1867) 192 n.n., in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 319.. — Cocculus? 

 platyphylla St. Hil. in PI. Us. Bras. tab. XLII. (1828), Fl. Bras. merid. I. (1825) 59; 

 Walp. Repert. I. (18 42) 95, cum var. Ildefonsiana St. Hil. et Tul. in Ann. sc. nat. 

 2. ser. XVII. (18 12) 134. — C. ?cinerascens St. Hil. Fl. Bras. merid. I. (1825) 59; 

 Walp. Repert. I. (I8i2) 9 5. — Cocculus platyphylla Mart. in Flora XXIV. (1841J 

 Beibl. II. 4 2. — C. paniguligera Mart. in Flora XXIV. (1841) Beibl. II. 43. — 

 Botryopsis platyphylla Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2. ser. VII. (185 1) 43; Benth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. V. 2. suppl. (1861) 51 ; Eichl. in Fl. brasil. XIII. 1. (1864) 199 t. 48, flg. I. 

 — Rami novclli tomentosi, adulti demum glabrati, striati. Foliorum petiolus strictus 



